A Man After Midnight
Beth D. CarterContemporary romance
Available from Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-60737-930-0
January 2011
| Fresh from a divorce with a cheating spouse, Caroline is spending the weekend in New York with a friend. The friend is there for work; Caroline is there to enjoy herself. The first night, she lingers in the hotel bar and meets Wren Calder. Wren takes her to a big band club to go dancing, and the two end up getting hot and heavy in the back hallway. What starts out as a one-night stand expands to a weekend fling. When she returns home, there's no way she can forget a man who so thoroughly rocked her world, even though she knew he wasn't telling the complete truth about the redhead she saw him with in the hotel lobby.
The characters in this novella spring to life from the first page. Caroline isn't someone who wants or needs sympathy. She's a strong woman who has been burned by life, but that doesn't keep her down. Wren was a little more difficult to read, but he fit the role of the handsome and intriguing man perfectly. Ms. Carter definitely has a gift when it comes to creating characters that draw in a reader and keep you there for the duration. I found myself wanting to know what happens after the end. The sex scenes were both steamy and sensual. Wren and Caroline are very romantic people, and that comes through clearly in the narrative. Ms. Carter uses the erotic scenes to further develop the characters, weaving them into the story often enough to keep the reader's temperature up and the book in your hands. I loved this story. It was short, romantic, and erotic. The writing was superb, and the characters were completely engaging. I would pick up a sequel to this in a heartbeat.
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Reviewer: Clare |
